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Qualcomm’s next flagship processor – the Snapdragon 855 – is reportedly going to feature a dedicated NPU. It won’t be the first chip to have a dedicated NPU since Huawei has already done that with the Kirin 970 that it launched at IFA 2017.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chip will have dedicated NPU

Qualcomm's next-generation processor, Snapdragon 855, will have a dedicated Neural Processing Unit (NPU). This is slightly similar to the dedicated NPU which was included in Huawei’s HiSilicon Kirin 970 chipset, WinFuture reports.The report states that:

Qualcomm will use a dedicated NPU for the first time in its upcoming mobile processor.

A dedicated neural processing unit will mean that the processing of AI tasks will take place on a separate portion of the chip. This separation of tasks and sharing of loads not only improves performance but also allows for more advanced AI support.

This chipset is also said to be manufactured on the 7nm scale compared to the 10nm manufacturing process of the current gen Snapdragon 845.

Snapdragon 855 mobile processor might come to the market as the "Snapdragon 8150". While the chipset still carries the same code-name “Hana”, it will likely be rebranded as the Snapdragon 8150.

Qualcomm is rumored to launch the Snapdragon 8150 and Snapdragon 1000 mobile chipsets in this December at the company’s annual Technology Summit. The first surge of smartphones to be powered by a Snapdragon 855 mobile processor will likely launch towards the beginning of 2019.

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Qualcomm’s next flagship processor – the Snapdragon 855 – is reportedly going to feature a dedicated NPU. It won’t be the first chip to have a dedicated NPU since Huawei has already done that with the Kirin 970 that it launched at IFA 2017.